Mobilizing Nature: The Environmental History of War and Militarization in Modern France
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Mobilizing Nature: The Environmental History of War and Militarization in Modern France
By (Author) Chris Pearson
Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press
15th April 2015
United Kingdom
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320
Width 138mm, Height 216mm
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Mobilizing nature traces the environmental history of war and militarization in France, from the creation of Chalons Camp in 1857 to military environmentalist policies in the twentieth century. It offers a fresh perspective on the well-known histories of the Franco-Prussian War, Western Front (1914-18), Second World War, Cold War and the anti-base
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In sum, Pearson lucidly weaves together the environmental and social legacy of relations between the French military and civilians, in wartime and peacetime. He does full justice to the role of the military in the complex and unpredictable flow of French history., Richard P. Tucker, Comparative Studies in Society and History, Reviews, 2014 -- .
Author Bio
Chris Pearson is Lecturer in Twentieth-Century History at the University of Liverpool
